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Intel Core Ultra 7 265 vs i7 7700

76 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
VS
35 out of 100
Intel Core i7 7700
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel Core i7 7700

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265 with 20-cores against the 3.6 GHz i7 7700 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
69.0
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700 and 265
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265
  • Newer - released 8 years and 1 month later
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 22 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2910 vs 1473 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 26% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265
vs
Core i7 7700

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#82nd place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265 +290%
18843
Core i7 7700
4834
File compression 1340 MB/sec 408.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 189 Klines/sec 32.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 378.8 pages/sec 113.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 525.9 Mpixels/sec 152.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 326.6 pages/sec 139 pages/sec
Background blur 78.5 images/sec 26.8 images/sec
Photo processing 138.5 images/sec 46.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.5 Mpixels/sec 6.68 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1008 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265 +475%
49668
Core i7 7700
8643
Integer math 134.7 GOps/sec 27.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 172.7 GOps/sec 17 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 419M Primes/sec 28M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 63.8M Strings/sec 15.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 40.4 GBytes/sec 3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 522.8 MBytes/sec 122.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2920 Frames/sec 586 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 41.5B Matrices/sec 8.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2008 & 10911 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265 +23%
339.56
Core i7 7700
275.96

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.5 PPW 5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 289.9 PPW 74.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 764.1 PPW 133 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.22 PPW 4.25 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-18 (supertimm)Cinebench 2024117 / 1831
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Intel Core i7 7700
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-07 (donglukas)Cinebench 202466 / 325
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265 and i7 7700

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 3, 2017
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Kaby Lake
Model number 265 i7-7700
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics HD Graphics 630
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265
Intel CPU rating (#23rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 4
Total Threads 20 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 36x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 182 W -
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1151
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (32nd and 160th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock - 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1150 MHz
Shading Units - 192
TMUs - 24
ROPs - 3
Execution Units - 24
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR4-2400
- DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 35.76 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265 official page Intel Core i7 7700 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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Comments

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